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Brown Sugar Blondies

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By: Leigh Anne WilkesPosted: 9/27/20Updated: 5/03/24

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Brown Sugar Blondies

Brown Sugar Blondies are chewy and delicious and the flavor is amazing.  My favorite part is the frosting on top!

Brown Sugar Blondies

Why You’ll Love This Recipe

These dessert bars have all the great texture of a brownie, but substitute the cocoa for vanilla. The brown sugar in these blondies give them a deep, rich flavor and the frosting and pecans adds sweetness and crunch.

Brown Sugar Blondies

Ingredients

  • Sugar, granulated sugar, brown sugar, and powdered sugar
  • Butter
  • Vanilla Extract
  • Eggs
  • All Purpose Flour
  • Baking Powder
  • Salt
  • Milk
  • Pecans
Brown Sugar Blondies

How to Make Brown Sugar Blondies

  • Mix together sugars, butter, vanilla and eggs until light and fluffy.
  • Add Mix in flour, baking powder and salt and mix to combine.
  • Spread evenly into an ungreased 9 x 13 pan.
  • Bake for 20 minutes or until golden brown and toothpick comes out clean.  
  • Allow to Cool
  • Melt butter over low heat.
  • Add in brown sugar and cook for 2 minutes.  Stir constantly
  • Add in milk and cook until it comes to a rolling boil.  
  • Remove frosting from heat.
  • Add in powdered sugar and vanilla gradually.
  • Spread over cooled blondies and sprinkle with pecans.
Brown Sugar Blondies

Check out more of my favorite bar recipes:

  • M&M Blondies
  • Peanut Butter Blondies
  • Snickerdoodle Cheesecake Bars

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5 from 3 votes

Brown Sugar Blondies

Recipe From: Leigh Anne Wilkes
Brown Sugar Blondies are chewy and delicious and the flavor is amazing.  My favorite part is the frosting on top!
serves: 20 pieces
Prep:15 minutes minutes
Cook:20 minutes minutes
Total:35 minutes minutes
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Ingredients

Blondie Base

  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar packed
  • 1/2 cup butter softened
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp salt

Frosting

  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 2/3 cup brown sugar packed
  • 3 Tbsp milk
  • 2 cups powdered sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1/2 cup pecans chopped

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F

Blondie Base

  • Mix together sugars, butter, vanilla and eggs until light and fluffy.
  • Mix in flour, baking powder and salt.  Spread into an ungreased 9 x 13 pan, spread evenly.
  • Bake for 20 minutes or until golden brown and toothpick comes out clean.  Cool

Frosting

  • Melt butter over low heat,  add in brown sugar and cook for 2 minutes.  Stir constantly
  • Add in milk and cook until it comes to a rolling boil.  Remove from heat.
  • Add in powdered sugar gradually and vanilla.  Spread over brownies.  Sprinkle with pecans.

Tips & Notes:

Recipe from Betty Crocker

Nutrition Facts:

Calories: 276kcal (14%) Carbohydrates: 42g (14%) Protein: 2g (4%) Fat: 12g (18%) Saturated Fat: 6g (38%) Cholesterol: 41mg (14%) Sodium: 151mg (7%) Potassium: 72mg (2%) Fiber: 1g (4%) Sugar: 34g (38%) Vitamin A: 311IU (6%) Calcium: 32mg (3%) Iron: 1mg (6%)
* Disclaimer: All nutrition information are estimates only. Read full disclosure here.
Course:Dessert
Cuisine:American
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